Bluetooth

Library for monitoring bluez over dbus.

Usage

You can browse the Bluetooth reference.

CLI

There is no CLI for this library, use the one provided by bluez.

bluetoothctl --help

Library

JavaScript

import Bluetooth from "gi://AstalBluetooth"

const bluetooth = Bluetooth.get_default()

for (const device of bluetooth.get_devices()) {
  print(device.name)
}

Python

from gi.repository import AstalBluetooth as Bluetooth

bluetooth = Bluetooth.get_default()

for device in bluetooth.get_devices():
    print(device.get_name())

Lua

local Bluetooth = require("lgi").require("AstalBluetooth")

local bluetooth = Bluetooth.get_default()

for _, d in ipairs(bluetooth.devices) do
    print(d.name)
end

Vala

// Not yet documented

Installation

1. install dependencies

   Arch

   sudo pacman -Syu meson vala valadoc gobject-introspection

   Fedora

   sudo dnf install meson vala valadoc gobject-introspection-devel

   Ubuntu

   sudo apt install meson valac valadoc gobject-introspection

   INFO

   Although bluez is not a direct build dependency, it should be self-explanatory that the daemon is required to be available at runtime.

2. clone repo

   git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
   cd astal/lib/bluetooth

3. install

   meson setup build
   meson install -C build